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GEORGE ROBERT SMILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordGeorge Robert Smiley, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 2
- MELVIN RICHARD SIMPSONCorporal · May 27, 1968
- PATRICK MATTHEW STEELECorporal · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN TREWEEKCorporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTINCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 3
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 8
- WAYNE ALLEN PAINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- CHARLES DUAINE SCHOEPFLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 64W, Line 1
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.